The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #39 round awarded $1,115,655 in XLM to 12 innovative projects building on the Stellar network. Highlights include QuillTip for microtipping, Stallion for decentralized bounties, and RendBit for cross-border banking in Africa. The round featured record voter participation and governance updates to Neural Quorum Governance for fairer voting.
SCF #39 received 77 submissions, with 38 first-time applicants, and funded 12 projects totaling $1,115,655 XLM after a two-step review and community vote. Awarded projects span diverse areas like publishing (QuillTip), bounties (Stallion, DevAsign), geo-monitoring (Synced Geo-Bounties), payroll (Dolphinze), Soroban tools, formal verification (Inference), cross-border finance (RendBit), wallets (OneKey), AI token platforms (AIDA), and BNPL (Lumen Later). Record participation saw up to 106 delegate voters per project. Updates to Neural Quorum Governance addressed quorum bugs, introduced retro vote quality neurons, and balanced voting power, reducing top voter concentration. Delegates prioritized projects with traction, transparency, and impact. Future improvements include contract redeploys and a two-year NQG analysis.
